❉ Supernatural single showcasing New Hampshire indie rock outfit’s debut mini-album ‘The Experiment’.
New Hampshire indie rock outfit Replaced by Robots presents ‘Since You Broke My Ouija Board’, a haunted love story where heartbreak crosses over to the other side. The final audio-visual gem showcasing their powerful debut mini-album ‘The Experiment’, here we have a surreal blend of eerie visuals, vintage séance aesthetics, and emotional rawness.
The video brings the supernatural fallout of a shattered connection to life. Who knew losing someone could silence the spirits, too? As a bonus, the video begins with ‘The Air of Uncertainty’, an instrumental interlude – a pause to welcome the spirits.
Replaced By Robots formed as a sound and vision laboratory, where they search through the wreckage and noise of modern life to find unusual combinations and create moments of beauty. Goolkasian (The Elevator Drops, The Texas Governor, Lovesick) and Heather Joy Morgan initially met guitar maestro Adam Wade (Funeral Party, The Uprisers) at a Chameleons UK show they hosted in their living room, a fateful meeting that led to the musical chemistry we know as Replaced by Robots.
“Since you Broke My Ouija Board was a spontaneous expression of grief and longing to connect, for Goolkasian broke my antique oujia board, hurling my spirit telephone into oblivion. And I can’t talk to ghosts no more,” says Heather Joy Morgan, adding, “Adam Wade really stretches out on guitar and shines on this track”
For this album, they worked with legendary producer Paul Q.Kolderie (Pixies, Dinosaur Jr, Throwing Muses, Radiohead) and Josh Hager (Devo, The Elevator Drops), as well as mastering engineer Terry Palmer.
“We got to work with Paul Q. Kolderie, who instinctively did a lot of weird things. He pushed the bass and guitars to the max, giving this record an undeniably glam-era feel and a rhythmic pulse, driving songs like ‘All The Lonely Nights’,” says Goolkasian.
“We also worked with producer and creative compatriot Josh Hager, who produced ‘Are We Falling in Love or Am I Just Losing my Mind?’, recalling the Buzzcocks, T-Rex and a million other things but is still, defiantly, its own bird due to the electric and impassioned vocal delivery”.
This album indeed feels like a fun experiment, relishing their stature as obsolete bohemians, experimenting and combining our influences until we find something unique and inspiring. The band is clearly enjoying following the creative spirit wherever it leads, from the first surf-inspired drumbeats of ‘The Laboratory’ to the instantly catchy 3-part vocal harmonies in ‘All The Lonely Nights’ to the wall of noise on the final track ‘Since You Broke My Ouija Board’. It’s glam and it’s glorious.
Goolkasian explains, “‘Laboratory’ kicks off with the jangle of a raucous surf guitar and percussive vocals that form a curious rhythm and intermittent wail. It’s going to be some kind of party. ‘All the Lonely Nights’ is an exuberant commercial advert in sparky 3-part harmony for the ennui and sorrow that plagues you up to the very instant that you make a magical connection with the right person. ‘Are we Falling in Love or Am I Just Losing My Mind?’ is about seeking true love in the dystopian night, a modern world with uncanny robots and fake people. Is it live or is it Memorex?”
TRACK LIST: The Laboratory
1. The Laboratory
2. All The Lonely Nights
3. Are We Falling In Love Or Am I Just Losing My Mind?
4. The Air of Uncertainty
5. Since You Broke My Ouija Board
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❉ As of June 3, ‘Since You Broke My Ouija Board’ is out as a standalone single via Bandcamp. Replaced By Robots’ mini-album ‘The Experiment’ can also be found on all fine music platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music.
❉ News source: Shameless Promotion PR. photos by Sarah Wade.
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